Tuponia mixticolor (A. Costa, 1862)
(a capsid bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug)
GenusTuponia (a genus of bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug) :
1: Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug)
17 Jul 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Males and females, numerous, swept off Tamarisc
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Nau, B.S. 1980 Tuponia carayoni Wagner (Hem., Miridae) new to Britain Ent. Mon. Mag. 116: 83-84.

Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug)
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